Jurassic Quest: Photo Trip Report

[JimmyBo]

Jurassic Quest!

If you want to see some realistic looking dinosaurs....go watch the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies. 

If you want to see some awesome looking animatronics that look like real dinosaurs that are roaming this planet.....go to Universal Studios and ride some of their rides.

If you want to see some robots that move about 2 inches that closely resemble some type of dinosaur....then Jurassic Quest is right up your alley. 

My boys have been enjoying the Camp Cretaceous show on Netflix so they were really excited that Jurassic Quest was coming to town so they could see some dinosaurs. There were a lot of animatronics, some bounce houses, some areas to "Dig for Dinos" and some "rides". It was a fun way to kill about an hour out of a day (and $35 per person!!!!!) so here's what we did.

Enjoy the pictures!

We are ready for Trailer Park Dinosaurs!

This way to all the excitement!

At least they gave us a very detailed map of where everything was!

And here is the "Quest" part of Jurassic Quest! Find the clues, answer the clues, and get something at the end. Can you guess what it is? Read further down to find out....

"insert John Williams Jurassic Park theme"

Here's some Dinos!

And some more Dinos...

The boys were pretty excited to see "Bumpy" from Camp Cretaceous.

I think Jurassic Park may have taken some liberties on what the Velociraptor looked like. I wouldn't be terrified of these "birds"

Oh my god! A Griffinsaurus is being hatched!

Or it was just another egg from this weird looking nest.

It's a Jacksonsaurus Rex!

I would be terrified too if a dinosaur had red lights coming from its mouth!

Cool fact...these are real dinosaur fossils and such.

Another cool fact, this area had to be kept cool in order to preserve the artifacts.

And then we saw a real dinosaur! It was a baby triceratops. And of course when we went in to take a picture, it started eating Griffin's hair. This was a cute little experience.

Speaking of cute, look at that giant Allosaurus wanting to eat the baby Stegosaurus...that's so adorable! 

Moving outside, there were some larger dinosaurs on display. This Gigantosaurus was too loud for Griffin.

And this one had a tail gone rogue...it was swinging wildly in the wind!

Why are all the dinosaurs mouths open? Maybe that's how they really died...from swallowing things they weren't supposed to since their mouths were always open.

Check out this guys fur coat! I'm sure Cruella De Vil is jealous of the fur!

Best part of the whole experience (and the only reason it was sort of worth the money) were the awesomely themed bounce houses.

Can't go wrong with a dinosaur on the loose trying to eat you as you are sliding down a slide!

Some of these houses made me wish I was still a kid!

But then I see some bounce houses where you slide into a dinosaur's butt and I'm glad I am not a kid anymore.

Either way, the bounce houses were a hit and a great way to let loose some energy!

Racing slides? Yes please!

Continuing to stroll around, we came across some other, fierce looking Dinos. Spinosaurus anyone?

Finally found the Tyrannosaurus and his little baby Rex.

And when there's a Tyrannosaurus rex...there's almost always either a Triceratops or Stegosaurus fighting them.  I guess those guys just never got along.

And of course there's a Triceratops you can ride on.

Speaking of "rides", you can "ride" some dinosaurs. They move about 1 foot and shake. It's like a massage chair on top of a dinosaur robot.

But at least they have different ones you can "ride".

But the best ride was being able to go on these "walking" dinosaurs. Griffin was so excited that he got to ride Bumpy from Camp Cretaceous!

I don't think Bumpy was too thrilled....

There was also a place to dig for Dinos!

 

Time to check out some underwater dinosaurs. 

But first....the Megalodon mouth! This thing was HUGE!!

Actual Megalodon tooth. (Like how is says "Real Fossil" next to it......)

I personally think the mouth was more impressive than the animatronic. But my boys thought the thing was HUGE and "just a great white shark".

Hey Jeff Johnson...how's it going? (You thought I'd go a whole dinosaur report without that reference? Never!)

The boys finish the "Quest" and got their prize! It was ... drum roll please ...... a tattoo and/or a sticker. Wow....it was totally worth it.

So if Jurassic Quest ever comes to your city and you just so happen to have an extra $35 per person to spend on about an hours worth of time....maybe spend it on this attraction.

That's all folks!

Thanks for reading.

[Haymaker]

The Jurassic movies DID take artistic liberties on raptors. It was either that or differing evidence of their appearance came out after the first movie, cant remember which. 

[tinaalsgirl]

A basic summary is that the raptors in Jurassic Park are actually based on Utahraptors, not velociraptors. But I just found an article that does a deep-dive into the raptors of JP and it's really fascinating!
https://www.inverse.com/culture/spielberg-raptor-jurassic-park

Thanks for the report! Sadly, the only way my sister would be able to afford taking my nephew to see this would be if they did a "mommy/son" or "daddy/son" day (they've got 4 kids, so def out of price range to take the whole fam).

Also, I love Griffin's shirt.

[bert425]

it looks like the kiddos had a fantastic time. . which means it was absolutely worth the $$ spent.

thanks for sharing these great pics.

 

and now I have to decide if I'm disturbed, or jealous of that bounce house slide into a Dino butt.

[prozach626]

4 hours ago, tinaalsgirl said:

A basic summary is that the raptors in Jurassic Park are actually based on Utahraptors, not velociraptors. But I just found an article that does a deep-dive into the raptors of JP and it's really fascinating!
https://www.inverse.com/culture/spielberg-raptor-jurassic-park

Thanks for the report! Sadly, the only way my sister would be able to afford taking my nephew to see this would be if they did a "mommy/son" or "daddy/son" day (they've got 4 kids, so def out of price range to take the whole fam).

Also, I love Griffin's shirt.

That 90's commercial for the Jurassic Park toys was awesome. Back then, even the boys paleontologists toys rocked chain guns and flame throwers.

"The dinosaurs at Jurassic Park are on the loose, again! Now, Grant is armed to the teeth, and Malcolm's loaded with weapons!!!"

[Nrthwnd]

I thought the "hatching eggs" for photo ops was pretty cute.

Looks like you guys had a great visit there! Thanks for sharing it all.

And I am thoroughly sad that I never had any bounce houses in my childhood!